Two
suspected abductors of former secretary to the government of the federation,
Chief Olu Falae,was paraded by the Department of State Service (DSS) today.
Parading the suspects, Abdullahi Usman (aka Kadiri) and Babawuro Kato pictured above before newsmen in Abuja, an operative of the service, Abdullahi Garba, said that the suspects were arrested on Oct. 5 at J. Zebra hotel in Lokoja, Niger state.
He said contrary to reports, the abductors were mere criminals and that the abduction was not about Olu Falae being a statesman and prominent Yoruba leader. Garba appealed to Nigerians to shun attempts by mischief makers to give the incident an ethnic coloration to cause disaffection among the populace.
Parading the suspects, Abdullahi Usman (aka Kadiri) and Babawuro Kato pictured above before newsmen in Abuja, an operative of the service, Abdullahi Garba, said that the suspects were arrested on Oct. 5 at J. Zebra hotel in Lokoja, Niger state.
He said contrary to reports, the abductors were mere criminals and that the abduction was not about Olu Falae being a statesman and prominent Yoruba leader. Garba appealed to Nigerians to shun attempts by mischief makers to give the incident an ethnic coloration to cause disaffection among the populace.
“To this effect,
this service wishes to appeal to all Nigerians to be law-abiding and
responsible in their commentary on sensitive issues affecting national
security.”
When
interrogated, the suspects, who confessed to carrying out the crime with one
Dantijo, who ran away with the N5 million ransoms paid to secure Falae's
freedom, said they hatched the plan to kidnap the elder statesman just before
the Sallah holiday as they needed money to celebrate the Muslim holiday with
loved ones.
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